anger at fashion giant burberry, the company pulling an ad that had a noose around the neck. not very fashionable. no. i m christine romans. it is wednesday, february 20th, it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. nice to see you again. let s begin with the president facing more obstruction of justice questions in the wake of a new york times report that scissors the president pushed to have a federal prosecutor appointed during his administration oversee the michael cohen investigation. mr. trump had by that point already been implicated in the compahen probe. the times reports that late last year he called math knew whisker to ask if the u.s. attorney in manhattan could supervise it. the ro are t report is raising concerns about obstruction of justice. the phone call would be evidence of what? corrupt intent.
obstruct justice. that it guy has been throwing 99 miles an hour fastballs. on fox. for months. the president might not have wanted to see or retweet yesterday. we ll go in depth on the sweeping new york times piece. good morning, welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, february 20th along with joe, willy and me, we have contributor mike barnacle, katy cay is here and intelligence and national security reporter ken delaney. let s start with the exhaustive review the new york times published yesterday detalg the president s effort s s to intere in the russia investigation. in one instance last year the paper reports that the president called his newly installed acting attorney general matthew whitaker and described by the
welcome back to morning joe. it is wednesday, february 20th. mike barnicle is still with us and joining the conversation, we have former acting fbi director, andrew mccabe, author of the new book, the threat how the fbi protects america in the age of terror and trump. i want to make sure my past tweets have been accurate when i talk about the democratic conspiracy at the fbi and washington, and then i list the 11 or 12 republicans. you were a life-long republican before all this, right. i was. i was. i voted for republican presidents in every election until 2016. the same here. so, what i find, there s so much that s come out that s been so fascinating, so surprising, what shocks me the most is and i
that. bernie sanders, who announced today he is in the running to beat donald trump. and that is our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you so very much for being here with us and good night from nbc news headquarters here in new york. with us from nbc news headquarters here in new york. [ music playing ] this morning a new bombshell report by the new york times denies he asked matthew whitaker to put an ally in charge of hush money payments. they are responding to andrew mccabe s claim he informed members of congress about a counterintelligence investigation into the president. despite legal challenges from 16 states, he is voicing confidence about his emergency declaration to fund a southern border wall. good morning, everyone, it s wednesday, february 20th.
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